Israel lebanon war

Moving past a ceasefire: Recognizing Israel is a big step, but 'normal,' says Lebanese diplomat

Lebanon’s Washington framework with Israel puts Hezbollah’s disarmament, state sovereignty, and Iran’s regional role at the center of a fragile test for both Beirut and Jerusalem.

A flower at the Al‑Bass Roman ruins, a UNESCO World Heritage site hit by an Israeli airstrike in Tyre, southern Lebanon June 25, 2026.
Soldiers from the IDF's Golani Brigade operating near Lebanon's Litani River, published May 12, 2026.

How is the new Israel-Lebanon agreement different from previous peace attempts? - analysis

IDF soldiers operate against Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon, June 21, 2026.

Hezbollah launches night operations to locate IDF senior command in southern Lebanon

Smoke billows from southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, June 19, 2026.

Israel needs a smarter strategy for Lebanon - opinion


A fire-based campaign

In July 2006, Gal Hirsch led his division to war only to find not everyone was on the same page. Here is an excerpt from his new book:

IDF soldiers walk together after leaving Lebanon near the Israel-Lebanon border in August 2006

10 years after Second Lebanon War, for a bereaved mother the pain is only worse

Despite anguish, Miki Goldwasser, mother of captured and killed reserve soldier Ehud, says the war was a great victory.

MIKI GOLDWASSER

Analysis: Reflections on the Second Lebanon War, 10 years on

It is now evident that no coherent and achievable plan for the conduct of the war had been decided upon at the rushed and overheated cabinet meeting that set it in motion.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu walks atop an Israeli tank that had been lost during the First Lebanon War, in Moscow yesterday.

10 years on, border residents remember fears in Second Lebanon War

I feel another conflict is coming, says Peki’in resident • IDF intel head: No army has had more info on its enemies than we have on Hezbollah.

A general view shows the Lebanese-Israeli border as seen from Kfar Kila village, southern Lebanon December 21, 2015

Renewed fighting in Lebanese Palestinian refugee camp kills one

Ain al-Hilweh camp, near the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon, has regularly seen factional disputes spiral into deadly violence.

A Palestinian refugee knocks on the closed gate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters with his walking stick

Beirut protesters shout for 'the downfall of the regime' as 'You Stink' campaign sweeps capitol

Their "You Stink" protest campaign was mobilized after the government failed to solve a crisis in trash disposal, leaving piles of refuse rotting in the summer sun.

Protesters start a fire during a protest against corruption and against the government's failure to resolve a crisis over rubbish disposal, near the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon August 23, 2015.

Hezbollah denies reports that Israeli jets struck its positions in Lebanon

Reports of Israeli strikes in eastern Lebanon near Syrian border.

IAF F-16 fighter jet

Lebanon military chief: 'The army has no choice but to win over terrorism'

Lebanon's security forces carried out a maneuver to counter militants near the border, a mission that, according to a source belonging to the security establishment, may prove to be a prelude to more actions in several hilltop positions around Ras-Baalbek.

Lebanese Army soliders take position near store front

French Ambassador dismisses rumors of resolution against Hezbollah

Ambassador Paoli: 'There is no French conspiracy against any political party.'

A session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva underway

Lebanese government condemns Israeli strike in Golan amid internal sectarian unease

Lebanese parties also demand that Hezbollah refrain from inciting another conflict with Jewish State.

Lebanese child holds up plastic toy during pro-Hezbollah rally